The protagonist of this author's most recent novel is diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after treatment, takes a trip to a wildlife preserve to see a breeding pair of black eagles, which he dubs Cain and Abel. This author of Get a Life wrote about a man who gets his foot stuck in deep mud and believes a dead man is pulling him down. In addition to writing about Mehring in The Conservationist, he 
The protagonist of this author's most recent novel is diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after treatment, takes a trip to a wildlife preserve to see a breeding pair of black eagles, which he dubs Cain and Abel. This author of Get a Life wrote about a man who gets his foot stuck in deep mud and believes a dead man is pulling him down. In addition to writing about Mehring in The Conservationist, he wrote a novel that follows Maureen and Bamford Smales, an educated white couple hiding for their lives with their long-time former servant. For 10 points, name this author who imagined a bloody South African revolution against the apartheid government in July's People.
The protagonist of this author's most recent novel is diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after treatment, takes a trip to a wildlife preserve to see a breeding pair of black eagles, which he dubs Cain and Abel.
Nadine {Gordimer}